On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:06:27 -0300 "Flávio Etrusco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > What does type erasure mean without a runtime engine (VM) ? > > That the "template" is not aware of the instantiated type of the > template parameters, they are only accessed/resolved through oop > (inheritance/polymorphism). That's bad. Why not use interfaces instead, then ? > A VM isn't necessary at all; for instance, J2SE 5 didn't introduce any > modification in the VM (for supporting generics or anything), and most > of the compiler changes were only needed because of the Java object > model. Yes, that's why generics in Java suck ;-). At least, according to (first google hit for "type erasure"): http://cakoose.com/wiki/type_erasure_is_not_evil Micha _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
